<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000001 { background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 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class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000000">:</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000000">62</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000000">:</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000000">02</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000000">:</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000000">10</span></a><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000001">.  Probation procedures.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> If the </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> determines </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">there is</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> sufficient cause to place a center on probation:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4ace000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">    (1)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">The </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">department must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> send the center written notice of probationary status and</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">areas of noncompliance;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4ace000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">    (2)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">The center </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> develop and submit a plan of correction</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> pursuant to §</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:62:02:08"><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000003">67:62:02:08</span></a><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> within </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">thirty</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> days of </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">receiving the </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">notice of probationary status;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4ace000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">    (3)</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">  Within five business days after receiving</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> the plan of correction, the </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">department must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> notify the center</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">of the </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">'s decision to approve </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">or deny </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">the plan of correction</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4ace000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">    </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">The department must</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> conduct a site visit</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> at least once during the probationary</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">period</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> to monitor </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">the center's </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">progress on </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">the </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">plan of correction. At the end of the probationary</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">period, the </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">department</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> shall conduct a comprehensive survey of the center and </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">g</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">rant a one year accreditation certificate</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">,</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">provided</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> the agency has obtained at least </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">seventy</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> percent compliance during the final comprehensive survey;</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> s</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">uspend the center's accreditation; or</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> r</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">evoke the center s accreditation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4ace000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">    </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">43</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> SDR </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">80</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">, effective </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">December 5, 2016; 50 SDR 63, effective November 27, 2023</span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">    </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">    </span><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-3-1"><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000003">27A-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=27A-5-1"><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0-000003">27A-5-1</span></a><span class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4aceP0-000004"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4d5e2c3b-232e-4611-9104-e5e6031a4ace000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>